Comet Hyakutake

Eso_eso9617a_1024

eso_eso9617a March 4th, 1996

Credit: ESO

This image captures details of the complex tail system of Comet Hyakutake. It was obtained with the ESO 1-m Schmidt telescope at La Silla on February 28.36 UT under good observing conditions by ESO night assistant Oscar Pizarro. The exposure lasted 60 min and was made on sensitized Kodak Pan 4415 film behind a GG385 filtre. This emulsion/filtre combination allows to record a broad spectral interval (3900-7000 A) whereby faint structures are better seen. However, detailed spectral information, by which the emitters may be identified, is lost for the same reason.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9617a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Comet Hyakutake
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale ESO-1m (None) Optical -
Eso_eso9617a_1280
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ID
eso9617a
Subject Category
A.2.2  
Subject Name
Comet Hyakutake
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1996-03-04T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9617a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
3600
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
801.0, 502.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso9617a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9617a.tif
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Metadata Date
2016-07-19T14:50:04+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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